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Sidecar Container vs Init Container in Kubernetes

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022Studio-DevOpsinit-container, kubernetes, sidecar

Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction Init containers are special containers that run before main containers run in a pod. Init containers support many of the features of application containers. Sidecar containers are containers that run along with the main container in a pod. You can define any number of sidecar containers to run alongside the main container What is Sidecar Container? A sidecar is just a container that runs on the same Continue Reading

Deploy a Microservice into Istio service mesh

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021Kubernetes, Microservices, Studio-DevOps, Tech Blogsenvoy, istio, kubernetes, Microservices, service mesh, sidecar

Reading Time: 3 minutes Before going to deploy the service into istio let’s first understand what is service mesh. Service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer for handling service to service communication. Basically, it’s a way to control how different micro services deployed on kubernetes will manage secure communication and traffic between them with lot’s of cross-cutting concerns like logging, security, etc. Istio service mesh comes with lot’s of Continue Reading